Guard for overhead trolley-wires.



A'. GERGELY. GUARD foRUvBRHBAD TROLLEY WIRES. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 9, 1912.

l y T/wm o7): @f f ALBERT GERGELY, F MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

GUARD- FOR OVERHEAD TROLLEY-WIRES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Lessons.

Patented Dec. Mil 2.

, Application filed August B, 1912. Serial No. 714,182.

To all whom. it may concern.'

Be it known that l, ALBERT GERGELY, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, and resident of li'lilwaukee, in lthe county of lililwauhee and State of iVisconsin, United The object of my invention is to provide a sin1ple, economical and efficient hangerguard for preventing the ends of a broken live feed wire of an overhead trolley system from falling' to the ground or to such eleva tion with respect thereto thatsaid ends will be liable to Contact With persons or animals 'and thereby endanger life, such accidents being 'frequent under ordinary conditions.

W'ith the above in View I provide springcontrolled. horizontally swinginglapped tinv gers that. constitute emergency supports for the feed wire. Preferably, pairs of these lingers are suspended under the feed wire at suitable intervals and connected by "wire cross-braces whereby the trolley pole in its travel will 'engage said lapped lingers and cause the same to open under spring;- resistance .incidental to movement of the trollev. Hence it will be. seen that the hangers are so arranged that they will not interfere with the passage of said trolley and should the feed wire break at any point, the loose ends thereof that drop, will not be of sul'licient length asv` to Contact with the ground,`V but will remain in suspension a suflicient.

height therefrom to prevent accidental con tact with traffic.

lVith the above object in View the invention consists. in what yis herein shown, described and claimed.

In the drawings Figure l represents a diagram view in perspective of an overhead trolley-wire system having attached thereto hanger guards embodying the features of my invention, and Fig. 2, an enlarged detail cross-section of one pair of the hangergnards showing 4the position of the trolley relative thereto. A

Referring by characters to the drawings, l represents a trolley-Wire which is suspended from the usual cross wires Q that are supported by pairs of posts 3, whichconst'ructio-n is ordinarily employed in supportingr systems for overhead trolley wires. Securcll to each cross wire 2 are barrels l which ha rrels have jonrnaled therein pintles 5, the lower ends of which project through the barrels and are merged into horizontally disposed lapped fingers 6 as best shown in Fig. Q the said fingers constituting; guards for the feed wire under which they project., Coiled about the pintle port-ions 5 of the fingers are coiled sprinfs 7 each of which springs has anl end thatis fastto. the'barrel, the opposite end being secured to said pint-le. Each pintlc is also provided with a stud 7 that projects into a slotI formed in the barrel whereby movement of the swinging` finger is limited. Thus the coiled spring serves to nornially hold the fingers transversely of the feed wire, each of said fingers being held in this position by engagement of its stop-pin with one end of the slot. The tingers as shown are adapted to be swung 1n one direction only but it should he understood that said lingersl Y may be provided with springs of any suit able construction which will hold them in their normal transverse position and permit swing in both directions if desired. Elow ever in the illustration shown the swing of thc fingers is pern1ittcd,only in the direction of travel of the trolley pole A, which carries the usual trolleynvheel B that adapted to engage the trolley wire l.

Between each pair of poles 3 there are placed two or more setsof the guai-{thangers, which sets are similar to the one jur/f described, said intermediate sets being supported by longitudinally disposed guy wires 8. the ends of said guy-wires being secured to the poles l as shown. These `giiyivires are also cross connected by wire sections 8 which are disposed above the feed-wire.

The lower ends of the barrels o l the intermediate guard-hangcrs are. connected by brace wires 9 whereby said barrels are held rigidlyl in'a vertical direct ion in opposition to force due to engagement ol' the tingen` by the trolley pole. The cross wire guard ihangers are also suitably braced by wiresl il' that connectthe lower ends of the guardhanger barrels with the guy-wires d. [lem-e it will be seen that each of guard' lingers are rigidly suspended in the desired position.

llhile I haveshown a simple method o1' suspending die parl shouifi. be, understee met any means, euch es mme wi'hiii the seepe of the appended eaims, muy be employe for aecoix'ipiisliing die esi i r H' vented ini-engii cui pole, 'he insulation Leim of mini. ig if? rubber 0i* :imiiegmls iii-- e tubiv itwi ove 'ie finger bei mi (3 and the 'beweis @1- Wriieh 1. ies wie aim pi'muied 'm im i2/lili, ih@ im met with the siiewzi being suiaiilig,

a be Suppm'e iieie'by in such positieii that when fiie? iii-0p they Wiil remain '.1

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l. .ix hengel-guard for t1'oiiey-\vires Compiigmg pairs m barrels, pintieS jomimied in e imi-reis, n coiieci Spring Driving 011e end emed m en@ i pintie, they @my te emi beffom the pinies iiansfei'ie1'-y of die imiiey wwe auf] adapted to lap auch other, insulating' covers for ihe barrels and fingers, ami suepeuemn.means for 'the burreifs.

Xn frweifiieaid iioiley=\i1e system compfisiiijg a feed-wire: @mss-Wires for supporting the seme, biyeie seemed to the @m59 wires, epi'iugcfmh'oiied hinged guard :fin-4 mmmefi Wiiiin the ba' die guai-(i 'ingei's being adapied to overiap each ether, longitudinaiv arranged guy Wii'ee Cii'ieeing the eros of seis eti' iiil'eimediae hinged guard fingere supported by the guywiies.

3. fin overhead 'reiiey-Wire system com prising seis of posts, cross-Wires connecting the seis of pests, u ti'oiey-wii'e in connection Wiin the crees-wires, L series of spriiigcoiiiroiled pairs of hinged guardv iigers dispose under 'the tioiiey-Wii'e and airux'lged :it predetermined distances zxpzuf throughout the lengin of mid trolley-wire, and ine-mis for support-ing the pairs of guard fingers.

in testimony hat I claim the foregoing have hereunto set my hand at Milwaukee in the county of Milwaukee. and Siate of Wif cousin iii the presence of two Witnesses.

ALBERT GERGELY.

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